uttered in his best French, are "_Ong Avong!
Marsh!_" From which it may be inferred that they are going into a dismal
swamp, but it is magnificent, if not _la guerre_, and this cry of the
Captain has a true military ring about it that gladdens the heart of

Yours ever,
PRIVATE BOX.

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A CHANT FOR THE COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.

[Lord DUNRAVEN is going to introduce a Bill to reform the College of
Surgeons.]

Lo! they raise the gleaming scalpels, and the fearsome feuds begin
'Twixt the Members of the College that is hard by Lincoln's Inn.

College once of Barber Surgeons, but the Barbers left the Guild
To the "Company of Surgeons," by whom we are cured or killed.

And the College grants diplomas two-and-twenty inches long;
After which, in cutting limbs off, sure the tyro can't go wrong.

He can practise all the Surgeons' art and science; worded thus
Is the motto, "Arts," the College says, "_quae prosunt omnibus_."

But unless by operations he amasses store of pelf,
It is clear the arts in question will not benefit himself.

Yet the Members are not happy, and with energy they say,
They should have a voice in choosing those who over them hold sway.

Sir MORELL MACKENZIE slashes at the College with a will;
Lord DUNRAVEN to his rescue comes with promise of a Bill.

Haply from this AEsculapian combat we may chance to see
Fairer future for the College, though the Doctors disagree.

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NEWS OF THE EMIN-ENT TRAVELLER.--Mr. STANLEY was received at Rome by the
Marquis de VITELLESCHI, who gave him some "vitels," and by the Duke de
SERMONETA, who gave him a sermon. How nice to be H. M. STANLEY!

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FROM CERTAIN WORKING-MEN TO GRANDOLPH.----"We don't like these 'ere
erpinions o' yourn, and we 'opes as you won't 'Old'em."

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[Illustration: BARBERESSES.]

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[Illustration: "A CUT OFF THE JOINT."]

"A CUT OFF THE JOINT."

_Swish! swish!_ Sweet is the sound of steel 'gainst steel
To him who's hungering for a good square meal.
This joint is juicy, and the carver skilled,
But many plates are waiting to be filled.
The Restaurant is famed for popular prices,
A clever Cook, and oh! such whopping slices!
What wonder then that customers are clamorous,
That appetites, o